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Calories lower from exercise?

cheesesteakl
cheesesteakl Posts: 1 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
My daily calorie goal is 2560. I use apps to track my workouts and steps. My calorie goal is decreasing from exercise calories, shouldn't my calorie goal go up?

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  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Your device (that you haven't named) is possibly sending over something different to just exercise calories.
    Possibly both general activity and exercise. If that combined so far today is less than might have been expected that might account for it but hard to tell with limited information.
    Can you examine what the adjustment actually says?
    (That it apepars as exercise is because that's the only place it could appear.)

    You don't have to link your device of course, you could log your exercise manually.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    cheesesteakl wrote: »
    My daily calorie goal is 2560. I use apps to track my workouts and steps. My calorie goal is decreasing from exercise calories, shouldn't my calorie goal go up?

    Do you have a device synced to MFP? What is your activity level set to on MFP?
  • spiriteagle99
    spiriteagle99 Posts: 3,770 Member
    If your activity level is set to active but your step count is low, the app. may be reducing your calorie level.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,538 Member
    edited March 2021
    Your device integration could be legitimately decreasing your calories with additional exercise as mentioned above

    Your device integration could also be erroneously decreasing your calories with exercise. As in not working properly from the get go as was the case with apple in the past based on forum reports. Not sure what the status of that is these days.

    Basically integration expects your device to send over your TDEE at midnight. Including both active, inactive, exercise, or being alive calories. If mfp gets something else.... confusion follows.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    edited March 2021
    spiriteagle99 wrote: »
    If your activity level is set to active but your step count is low, the app. may be reducing your calorie level.

    Yes, when I had a FitBit I kept myself on Sedentary because that Negative Calorie Adjustment was depressing.

    There used to be a place where Negative Calorie Adjustment could be unchecked but I can't find it now. Anyone?

    ETA: thanks guys!

    https://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    spiriteagle99 wrote: »
    If your activity level is set to active but your step count is low, the app. may be reducing your calorie level.

    Yes, when I had a FitBit I kept myself on Sedentary because that Negative Calorie Adjustment was depressing.

    There used to be a place where Negative Calorie Adjustment could be unchecked but I can't find it now. Anyone?

    Settings/Food and Exercise Diary Settings (on the web UI).
  • anna_lowe
    anna_lowe Posts: 39 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    spiriteagle99 wrote: »
    If your activity level is set to active but your step count is low, the app. may be reducing your calorie level.

    Yes, when I had a FitBit I kept myself on Sedentary because that Negative Calorie Adjustment was depressing.

    There used to be a place where Negative Calorie Adjustment could be unchecked but I can't find it now. Anyone?



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    for me its under diary settings
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,390 Member
    But if the negative adjustment is truly an accurate(-ish) correction, turning off "enable negative adjustments" might not be that great a solution?
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    Thanks guys! I was looking here:

    https://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/my_goals

    When I should have been looking here:

    https://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    But if the negative adjustment is truly an accurate(-ish) correction, turning off "enable negative adjustments" might not be that great a solution?

    Right, to clarify, this should only be shut off if one is certain that it will all work out by the end of the day.
  • Jthanmyfitnesspal
    Jthanmyfitnesspal Posts: 3,542 Member
    Said many times: I like to make my MFP settings "sedentary" and "no negative corrections." I have the Garmin linked, and if I do anything, including taking the trash out or walking around at work, I get a few extra calories. In other words, the "correction" is always positive. I like that!

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